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Message-ID: <19F8576C6E063C45BE387C64729E739404AA4E7911@dbde02.ent.ti.com>
Date:	Wed, 20 Oct 2010 02:24:59 +0530
From:	"Savoy, Pavan" <pavan_savoy@...com>
To:	"Gustavo F. Padovan" <padovan@...fusion.mobi>
CC:	"marcel@...tmann.org" <marcel@...tmann.org>,
	"linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org" <linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v3] Bluetooth: btwilink driver



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gustavo F. Padovan [mailto:pao@...fusion.mobi] On Behalf Of Gustavo F.
> Padovan
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 3:54 PM
> To: Savoy, Pavan
> Cc: marcel@...tmann.org; linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org; linux-
> kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Bluetooth: btwilink driver
> 
> * Savoy, Pavan <pavan_savoy@...com> [2010-10-20 02:15:29 +0530]:
> 
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Gustavo F. Padovan [mailto:pao@...fusion.mobi] On Behalf Of Gustavo
> F.
> > > Padovan
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 3:39 PM
> > > To: Savoy, Pavan
> > > Cc: marcel@...tmann.org; linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org; linux-
> > > kernel@...r.kernel.org
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Bluetooth: btwilink driver
> > >
> > > * pavan_savoy@...com <pavan_savoy@...com> [2010-10-19 16:57:38 -0400]:
> > >
> > > > From: Pavan Savoy <pavan_savoy@...com>
> > > >
> > > > v3 comments
> > > >
> > > > Marcel, Gustavo, & list,
> > > > Please review this version of patch.
> > > >
> > > > Anderson,
> > > > I have taken care of most of the comments you had.
> > > > Have re-wrote some of the code commenting you've mentioned.
> > > > Thanks for the comments,
> > > >
> > > > The other few like -EPERM for platform driver registration is to keep
> > > > it similar to other drivers
> > >
> > > Which drivers returns -EPERM to any kind of error? The are many reasons
> > > why the funcion can fail, and you want to give the best error report to
> the
> > > user. Use EPERM to all of them is just wrong.
> >
> > Yes, it can fail for plenty of reasons.
> > So I'll just return whatever I get from platform_driver_register.
> > Is this OK?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> >
> > > >type casting is maintained just to feel safe
> > > > and have style similar to other drivers.
> > >
> > > We don't need to feel safe here. Type cast actually can hide errors,
> > > only use them when you really need to cast, in many case here you don't.
> >
> > Ok, I can remove type casting.
> > I am not really for or against it...
> 
> Yes, do that please. ;)

Done :)

> --
> Gustavo F. Padovan
> ProFUSION embedded systems - http://profusion.mobi
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